Executive Education

Michael Welch, JD

Professor

Michael Welch is on the faculty of Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business, where he teaches courses in strategic management and the legal environment of business. Welch also teaches legal issues, strategy, and leadership for the Executive Education Department. Prior to joining Loyola’s faculty, Mike served as the Vice President – Legal Services for The Quaker Oats Company in Chicago, where he spent 23 years in several legal and managerial roles. Prior to Quaker, Mike was an associate at the Chicago law firm of Winston and Strawn. Mike formerly led Loyola’s Executive MBA program at Carthage College in Wisconsin.

Mike serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of Conflict Resolution, and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Corporate Counsel Association. He obtained his B.S. in Marketing and his J.D. from the University of Illinois.